Daily Archives: October 6, 2007

Hillary’s Karl Rove

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Gaius

This is rather funny: Penn-Blackwater link puts HRC on defense Hillary Clinton found herself defending her chief strategist Friday after The Associated Press reported that the public relations company Mark Penn runs had helped prepare the chief of the controversial … Continue reading →

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Burma Junta Offers Tokens

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Gaius

Even AFP is not buying this one. The military junta in Burma is offering concessions to the opposition in an attempt to cool international disgust over the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. And oddly, even the AFP appears to be recognizing … Continue reading →

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“Defining Atrocity”

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Gaius

Jim Hoft posts about the lament of the New York Times that murder charges have been (or soon will be) dropped against all of the US Marines charged in connection with the Haditha incident. They lament that: Last year, when … Continue reading →

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It Don’t Cost No Money, You Got To Pay With Your Heart

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Gaius

I've mentioned before that David Bromberg is one of my favorite musicians. Well, another video clip from him has surfaced on YouTube (it looks to have been posted by the video's producer). It is from 1984, a high energy performance … Continue reading →

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Throw Another Moth On The Barbie

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Gaius

Australians are being urged to crunch a bunch of nice, fresh bogong moths as a snack. Just to help keep the darn things under control. Mind you, they are not exactly health food. They contain high levels of arsenic and … Continue reading →

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Flexible Armor

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Gaius

I just found this item on Sky News. It is a product called D3o that is soft and flexible – until it is hit. On impact, it becomes quite rigid and is being incorporated into protective gear for snow sports already. … Continue reading →

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Rumors Confirmed

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Gaius

ABC News is reporting that the Israeli airstrike on a target inside Syria last month was, indeed, targeting some sort of nuclear facility. As I posted a little while ago regarding the nuclear rumors: So, is it true? I have … Continue reading →

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Yes, But Is It Art?

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Gaius

Interesting little feature from ABC News today. Did 4-year old Marla Olmstead actually paint abstract art that was favorably compared to the work of Picasso or did she get help from her father? Nobody can answer that definitively, least of … Continue reading →

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Ninja Nanny Neatly Nabbed

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Gaius

Well, the long, strange trip is finally over for the Ninja Nanny of Decatur. This is the goat who has led the locals on a merry chase for weeks now. (Earlier posts here, here and here.) All it took was … Continue reading →

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The Wrong Target

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Gaius

Kerry Howley, writing in the Los Angeles Times, points out that the people arguing to pressure China over Burma are just plain wrong. China actually has little, if any, influence over the xenophobic military junta that rules that benighted country. … Continue reading →

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Anger At The Coronation

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Gaius

Toby Harndon at the Telegraph looks at the media's coronation of Hillary! Clinton as the inevitable winner of the Democratic nomination and finds plenty of people who are less than happy about it. This has been the week of Hillary … Continue reading →

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Real Costs

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Gaius

Kimberley Strassel writes about a talk she had recently with Representative John Dingell of Michigan. Dingell is scaring the heck out of his fellow Democrats by holding their collective feet to the fire by opposing quick – and useless – … Continue reading →

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Instant Grand Canyon

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Gaius

Just add water. An instant canyon created in Texas in 2002 when water flooded out of a spillway is being opened to the public. The Canyon Lake Gorge was created in the space of three and a half days and … Continue reading →

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